Untitled
37.5 cms x 27 cms (14.75 ins x 10.63 ins)
On verso signed, titled, dated 1988 and inscribed "venus 1988"
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "May Live Auction 2018, Toronto Live auction" held on Wed, May 30, 2018.
Lot 013
Lot 013
Estimate: CAD $25,000 - $35,000
Realised: CAD $169,250
Realised: CAD $169,250
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Solomon & Co. Fine Art, New York
Private Collection, New York
Sold sale of Contemporary Art, Sotheby’s New York, September 10, 2008, lot 242
Schillay Fine Art Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, June 2009
Notes:
Sam Francis was one of the twentieth century’s most profound Abstract Expressionists. After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley in 1950 with a degree in art, Francis moved to Paris, where he would be named by Time magazine in 1956 as “the hottest American painter in Paris these days.” While in Paris, Francis developed close friendships with fellow American artist Joan Mitchell and the Canadian artist Jean Paul Riopelle. In the 1970s to 1980s, Francis was working with a lush and vibrant palette and painting with elongated forms, drips and splatters. This is a classic gestural painting by Francis, full of energy and intensity. The multitude of colours, diverse textures and varying placements of paint are typical of his 1980s acrylic works on paper.
This work has been given the interim identification number of SF88-308 in consideration for the forthcoming Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Unique Works on Paper. This information is subject to change as scholarship continues by the Sam Francis Foundation.
Solomon & Co. Fine Art, New York
Private Collection, New York
Sold sale of Contemporary Art, Sotheby’s New York, September 10, 2008, lot 242
Schillay Fine Art Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, June 2009
Notes:
Sam Francis was one of the twentieth century’s most profound Abstract Expressionists. After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley in 1950 with a degree in art, Francis moved to Paris, where he would be named by Time magazine in 1956 as “the hottest American painter in Paris these days.” While in Paris, Francis developed close friendships with fellow American artist Joan Mitchell and the Canadian artist Jean Paul Riopelle. In the 1970s to 1980s, Francis was working with a lush and vibrant palette and painting with elongated forms, drips and splatters. This is a classic gestural painting by Francis, full of energy and intensity. The multitude of colours, diverse textures and varying placements of paint are typical of his 1980s acrylic works on paper.
This work has been given the interim identification number of SF88-308 in consideration for the forthcoming Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Unique Works on Paper. This information is subject to change as scholarship continues by the Sam Francis Foundation.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.